Hello Davide,
On 28 Jun 2017 02:43, "Vanzo, Davide" <davide.va...@vanderbilt.edu
<mailto:davide.va...@vanderbilt.edu>> wrote:
So, I gave it a try and it works fine.
The only annoyance (since it is more a matter of style) is that
once I add the $EB_GLOBAL_PREFIX/modules/all to the $MODULEPATH,
Lmod output for "module avail" gets pretty crowded.
I know what you mean :)
I was simplifying, I don't actually expose modules/all to normal users
by default (they can always add it later, either by changing
MODULEPATH directly or running "module use ...")
Besides the module classes and hidden modules, what works for me is
grouping the modules by toolchain (could this be added as a feature?)
and exposing those groups separately
This has allowed me to, for instance, "deprecate" toolchains that
created problems in many of our applications (again, users can add
them back manually)
You call also use the ordering in MODULEPATH to put a desired group at
the top or bottom of the output of "module avail" (it would be
interesting if lmod had a customizable "module shortlist" command...)
Don't know how all this changes if you're using HMNS (see Alan's message)
Miguel
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On Jun 27 2017, at 10:43 am, Vanzo, Davide
<davide.va...@vanderbilt.edu <mailto:davide.va...@vanderbilt.edu>>
wrote:
Thank you all for the great suggestions!
DV
On Jun 27 2017, at 3:14 am, Miguel Dias Costa
<migueldiasco...@gmail.com <mailto:migueldiasco...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
On 27/06/17 15:42, Alan O'Cais wrote:
That is a neat trick with the sourcepaths that I will try
out today.
I have to credit boegel, he told me about it, I had simply
assumed that would not work :)
I think there is a bit more to a user install space than
what's been mentioned when you have a HMNS, see
https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/2143
<https://github.com/hpcugent/easybuild-framework/issues/2143>
ah... because there are then two roots to the hierarchy,
the global one and the local one?
Miguel
On 27 June 2017 at 03:09, Fotis Georgatos
<fo...@mail.cern.ch <mailto:fo...@mail.cern.ch>> wrote:
Hi Miguel,
Yeap! i’d also fully applause this approach, it is
very similar to what we’ve been doing since 2012!
- $MODULEPATH can include both global and local
builds, you just need to decide their exact order
* fyi. recent versions of Lmod have in ./contrib a
pair of use.own.eb modulefiles, implementing the above
- the global install, is nothing more than by yet
another user, which just happens to be steered by admin
- i also encourage people to add a versionsuffix with
their initials and maybe a date, to keep things apart
The trick with EASYBUILD_SOURCEPATH is quite nice, it
could also be used within use.own.eb/* modulefiles,
assuming that it is always *prepend*, as you described.
F.
On Jun 27, 2017, at 1:57 AM, Miguel Costa
<migueldiasco...@gmail.com
<mailto:migueldiasco...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hello Davide,
>
> I also had doubts initially because of what you
mention and also using global source paths, but this
works for us:
>
> - create and manage a cluster-wide software stack
with an easybuild user, using
EASYBUILD_PREFIX=$EB_GLOBAL_PREFIX
>
> - for normal users
>
> - set EASYBUILD_PREFIX=$HOME/.local/easybuild but
add $EB_GLOBAL_PREFIX/modules/all to the $MODULEPATH
(so that it finds the already globally installed
software)
>
> - set
EASYBUILD_SOURCEPATH=$HOME/.local/easybuild/sources:$EB_GLOBAL_PREFIX/sources,
in this order (so that it downloads to local but
looks in global). This was recently clarified in the
documentation, last line in
https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html?highlight=sourcepath#sourcepath
<https://easybuild.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Configuration.html?highlight=sourcepath#sourcepath>
>
> I think this is enough.
>
> Miguel
>
> P.S. I encourage users to always add a
versionsuffix in case they are rebuilding a package
that already exists globally, otherwise which one
gets picked depends on the order of the folders in
$MODULEPATH
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